Local Surfer John Balk fights brain Cancer: surf community gets behind family with a fundraiser
All photos by Ricky Lesser Lifetime local surfer John Balk kept feeling his right arm lock up at the elbow. He just assumed it was a result of a lifetime of surfing. His arm couldn’t bend for thirty seconds. Was it just over-surfed and overworked? The 2001 Mira Costa graduate had been the 1999 South […]
Hundreds meet in Hermosa for Day at the Beach triathlon
During a normal weekend morning on Hermosa Beach’s Pier Plaza, the view would be of dog walkers and joggers and surfers carrying their boards to the beach. But Sunday morning the area from The Strand to Hermosa Avenue looked more like a bicycle swap meet. Hundreds of multi-geared bicycles filled the walkway in front of […]